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A recipient of a gifted older home with heavy maintenance costs is weighing transferring the property back to the parent to cut a future capital-gains bill, a plan that hinges on the difference between gifted assets carrying over the donor's original cost basis and inherited assets receiving a step-up in basis at death. The transmission channel is tax and household cash flow rather than markets: carried-over basis on an appreciated, high-upkeep property raises the effective cost of holding and can push owners toward earlier sales, adding to resale supply at the margin in aging housing stock. The decision point to confirm is the property's documented original basis, cumulative capital improvements, and whether any transfer back would restart holding-period and gift-tax reporting requirements before a sale is contemplated.
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